Written just before One Hundred Years of Solitude, this fascinating novel of a Colombian river town possessed by evil points to the author's later flowering and greatness.

About the Author&colon;

Gabriel García Márquez was born in 1927 in the town of Aracataca, Columbia.Latin America's preeminent man of letters, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. García Márquez began his writing career as a journalist and is the author of numerous other works of fiction and nonfiction, including the novels The Autumn of the Patriarch and Love in the Time of Cholera, and the autobiography Living to Tell the Tale. There has been resounding acclaim for his life's work since he passed away in April 2014.

About the Author&colon;

Gabriel García Márquez was born in Colombia in 1927. His many books include The Autumn of the Patriarch; No One Writes to the Colonel; Love in the Time of Cholera; a memoir, Living to Tell the Tale; and, most recently, a novel, Memories of My Melancholy Whores. Gabriel García Márquez was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.

Book Description:Harper Perennial, 1991. Book Condition: New. Brand New, Unread Copy in Perfect Condition. A+ Customer Service! Summary: Written just before One Hundred Years of Solitude, this fascinating novel of a Colombian river town possessed by evil points to the author's later flowering and greatness. Bookseller Inventory # ABE_book_new_0060919647

Book Description:HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 1991. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Reprint. 201 x 137 mm. Language: English Brand New Book. Written just before One Hundred Years of Solitude, this fascinating novel of a Colombian river town possessed by evil points to the author s later flowering and greatness. An openly political novel posing the people of the land against the forces of oppression.it has the virtues of wit and compassion and reveals the foundation upon which the later novels were constructed. --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Star. Bookseller Inventory # AAC9780060919641

Book Description:HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 1991. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Reprint. 201 x 137 mm. Language: English Brand New Book. Written just before One Hundred Years of Solitude, this fascinating novel of a Colombian river town possessed by evil points to the author s later flowering and greatness. An openly political novel posing the people of the land against the forces of oppression.it has the virtues of wit and compassion and reveals the foundation upon which the later novels were constructed. --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Star. Bookseller Inventory # AAC9780060919641

Book Description:Harper Perennial. PAPERBACK. Book Condition: New. 0060919647 The acclaimed Colombian writer's early novel about the slanders, defamations, infidelities, and torrential rains that afflict a small town and the sacrifice of a boy that brings torment and chaos to an end. Bookseller Inventory # 4693663